Sentences with phrase «fatal pneumonia»

In mid-November, at the flagship city shelter in East Harlem, a cat named Mimi fell ill with a respiratory infection that turned into fatal pneumonia.

Add to the list of reasons to give to your family and friends on why they shouldn't buy a pet store puppy: They can be particularly likely to develop severe or even fatal pneumonia if they contract kennel cough.

▪ ▪ While most sick dogs will recover with treatment, untreated dogs can develop potentially fatal pneumonia.

Of the 126 affected dogs that have died, 76 deaths (60.3 %) were directly attributed to the seizure disorder, with the cause of death reported as death during seizure (16.1 % of all seizure related deaths) or euthanasia because of uncontrolled seizures (65.8 %), hepatotoxicity from phenobarbital treatment (6.6 %), aspiration during seizures leading to fatal pneumonia (6.6 %), or euthanasia because of non-recovery after a seizure (3.9 %).

They can also break off and cause sudden death and / or a potentially fatal pneumonia.

WSU researcher Subramaniam Srikumaran has long studied how the disease complex develops and how to prevent the fatal pneumonia in cattle.

People with cystic fibrosis can get Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in their lungs, which can lead to fatal pneumonia.

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4) Not only does breastfeeding offer health benefits while a child is actively being nursed, but studies show that it also provides long - term health benefits such as reduced chances of asthma, childhood leukemia, diabetes, gastroenteritis, otitis media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), necrotizing enterocolitis, obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions.

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Asthma, Childhood Leukemia, Diabetes, Gastroenteritis, Otitis Media (ear infections), LRTIs (pneumonia, bronchitis, etc), Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Obesity, and other potentially life - altering or fatal conditions...

Fatal complications of spinal cord injury include blood clots and sepsis due to pneumonia, urinary infections or pressure sores.

CA - MRSA (Community - acquired MRSA) has now emerged as an epidemic that is responsible for rapidly progressive, fatal diseases including necrotizing pneumonia, severe sepsis and necrotizing fasciitis.

Although the bacterium normally causes a skin infection, MRSA can be fatal when it leads to more invasive infections, such as pneumonia, sepsis and meningitis — causing more deaths in the U.S. than HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis combined.

Hantavirus can cause a pneumonia - like disease that is sometimes fatal to humans.

Equally alarming, he says, is a surge in Klebsiella pneumoniae, which can cause fatal lung infections.

Precisely this connect - the - dots method led to one of the most significant public - health breakthroughs of the past quarter century: In the early 1980s, epidemiologists studied the sexual and social connections among a group of gay men on both U.S. coasts who were developing fatal cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Kaposi's sarcoma.

Some cases do progress, though, and they may cause debilitating and almost untreatable soft - tissue infections like cellulitis and folliculitis, pneumonia, and often - fatal heart infections, or endocarditis.

It is a progressive, fatal disease characterized by scarring deep in the lung tissue that leads to respiratory or heart failure, pneumonia, and pulmonary embolism.

New research is paving the way for the development of innovative drugs that restore antibiotic susceptibility in antibiotic - resistant superbugs such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, a main cause of fatal lung and bloodstream infections worldwide.

Some serotypes, such as human adenovirus type 14 (HAdV - 14), have been associated with severe and potentially fatal outbreaks of pneumonia in residential facilities and military bases [4].

Madrid, Spain: The antibiotic combination treatment piperacillin - tazobactam was significantly less effective than meropenem when treating potentially fatal bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by ceftriaxone - resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and should be avoided when treating these organisms, according to research presented at the 28th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)[1].

While Legionnaires is not contagious, the fatal bacteria lead to the death of at least one guest in the form of pneumonia last month.

After a near - fatal bout of pneumonia in 1971 she spent four seasons living near Tinker Creek in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Roanoke, Virginia, where she wrote Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (perhaps inspired by Thoreau's Walden, which was her thesis topic).

I would also strongly recommend keeping the dog away from cat faeces because of the risk of organisms such as Toxoplasma gondii which can cause serious and sometimes fatal consequences, including hepatitis, pneumonia, blindness, and severe neurological disorders.

In addition to these problems, pets that vomit may have material get sucked from the back of the throat into the lungs, causing fatal aspiration pneumonia.

When severe symptoms such as these are noticed, medical treatment should be sought immediately to prevent the infection from expanding into pneumonia and producing a potentially fatal situation.

Q: Do dogs die from canine influenza?A: Fatal cases of pneumonia resulting from infection with canine influenza virus have been reported in dogs, but the fatality rate is low (less than 10 %).

An Emerging Respiratory Disease That Can Kill The Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease (CIRD) Group at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) are currently researching a bacterial disease that has been increasingly implicated in fatal cases of infectious pneumonia in dogs over the past five years.

A: Fatal cases of pneumonia resulting from infection with canine influenza virus have been reported in dogs, but the fatality rate is low (less than 10 %).

If left untreated, animals with this defect remain at risk for developing aspiration pneumonia, which can be fatal.

The Bordetella bronchiseptica bacterium is usually not fatal in itself, but it can weaken the immune system to allow more serious diseases, such as pneumonia, to take hold.

Symptoms of the canine flu in your furry friend include soft coughing that can last for weeks, or a fever of 104 - 106 degrees, which could lead to canine pneumonia and could be fatal.

Pneumonia in Irish Wolfhounds can be extremely serious or even fatal.

Older dogs, younger dogs and dogs that are already sick are the most vulnerable when it comes to the dog flu, not because of the virus itself, but because these dogs are the most likely to develop complications, like pneumonia, that could be fatal.

Usually mild, but can progress to a more severe infection or pneumonia in 10 % to 20 % of cases, and is fatal in up to 8 % of sick dogs

It is typically not fatal in dogs and most can recover without complications at home, but it can progress to pneumonia if left untreated.

Both pneumonia and influenza can be fatal and require timely treatment.

Adenovirus 1, Adenovirus 2 (AKA Canine Hepatitis) Canine adenovirus infection comes in two forms — Type - 1 causes severe (even fatal) liver disease; Type - 2 causes respiratory disease which can lead to pneumonia and death.

As a result the puppies are often not socialised and may suffer from fatal health problems including pneumonia and parvovirus.

• Adenovirus 1 (causes Infectious Canine Hepatitis) and Adenovirus 2 (one cause of Infectious Tracheobronchitis, AKA «kennel cough») Canine adenovirus infection comes in two forms — Type - 1 causes severe (even fatal) liver disease; Type - 2 causes respiratory disease which can lead to pneumonia and death.

The kitten should be placed on her belly, not tipped on her back, as this can lead to a fatal condition called aspiration pneumonia.

Fatal cases of pneumonia resulting from infection with influenza have been reported in dogs, but the fatality rate is less than 10 percent.

Developing secondary bacterial pneumonia is the most serious consequence of this illness; in which case, canine influenza can be fatal.

However, canine inluenza can lead to more severe or even life - threatening infections such as pneumonia, and has been fatal in up to 8 % of cases.

· «D» stands for Canine Distemper Virus, a highly contagious and commonly fatal infection that causes pneumonia, gastroenteritis, and encephalitis / seizures.

However, about 10 percent can develop pneumonia, which can be fatal, she added.

Some fatal cases of pneumonia have been reported, with the mortality rate between 1 and 9 %.

Pneumonia is the most common fatal side - effect, but patients can also experience swelling of the brain, which can cause permanent deafness or blindness.